Word: brief
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Charles Ives' Piano Sonata No. 2, the "Concord" Sonata, by Stephen Drury. The work is an unquestioned landmark in contemporary music, and is mammoth both in length and in conception. The four movements, or rather, intellectual portraits of Emerson, Hawthorne, the Alcotts, and Thoreau, are linked only by two brief themes, which are often interwoven into unrecognizable form. While the latter half of the sonata is more tonal and thus more accessible, the work presents an extreme challenge both to the listener and the performer...
Queen's Representative. Ironically, the one proposal that might be acceptable to the blacks and Smith faces strong British opposition. In what amounts to a brief return of the imperial Pax Britannica, this scheme calls for London to appoint a Governor General for Rhodesia who would be that country's highest official during the transition period. The presence of a trusted representative of the Queen would reassure many blacks that the devious Smith would be unable to undermine the transfer of power. Whites would similarly be reassured that they would not become victims of vengeful black radicals...
McKay's response was characteristic and brief. "Nonsense," he said. "The figures are wildly out of line. Actually, I'm going to Tampa for the cigars...
Students, by virtue of the brief time that they spend in school, sometimes have a short-sighted view of things. Reactions to the tumultuous Yale weekend are a cast in point...
...guards found no signs of a bomb that an anonymous phone caller said was planted in the building, and the meeting resumed after the brief interruption...